Courses

Centered on the Nazi attempt to exterminate the Jewish population of Europe, the course covers the background of German-Jewish relations, the Nazi movement, Nazi measures against the Jews culminating in the death camps, and the Jewish response. Supplemented by documentary films.

Exploration of the interface between humans and nonhuman primates from a multi-disciplinary perspective.

Using an anthropological and evolutionary perspective, this course combines an anatomical and functional approach in order to acquaint students with the human skeleton and identification of skeletal remains. Also introduces students to metric studies and to the use of osteometric and anthropometric instruments.

The history of immigration to the United States from the first European settlers through recent times. The course highlights social, ethnic, racial, generational, and other conflicts both within and between various groups, with an emphasis on the cultural dimensions of ethnicity and assimilation.

The history of immigration to the United States from the first European settlers through recent times. The course highlights social, ethnic, racial, generational, and other conflicts both within and between various groups, with an emphasis on the cultural dimensions of ethnicity and assimilation.

The origins of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain, the social impact of industrialization upon contemporaries, and the different patterns of industrialization in France, Germany, Russia, and the United States.

Examination of the relationship between the internet (and other new technologies) and politics. Students will studythe impact of the internet on politics, power, and democracy and consider topics like social networks, AI, algorithms,automated decision-making, digital surveillance, computational propaganda, protest movements, online activism,various forms of information disorders and their offline effects (e.g. violence).

Introduction to key aspects of the Italian language. The course will provide basic linguistic tools and an overview of the historical development of the language and its dialects. Emphasis may be on such topics as Italian dialects, language use in contemporary society, Italian as an immigrant language.

Analysis of the reestablishment of Jewish communities in western Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, followed by consideration of the broad societal changes that resulted in the emancipation and modernization of western European Jewry.

The history of medieval eastern-European Jewry, from the thirteenth century on, followed by consideration of the early modern period, including the persecutions of 1648-49, the effort at rebuilding Jewish life, and the development of Hasidism. The course will conclude with the rapid modernization of the late nineteenth century.